The IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA 2022) is dedicated to all aspects of computational intelligence, virtual environments and human-computer interaction technologies for measurement systems and related applications.

Impedance Spectroscopy is an important measurement method in many applications fields such as electrochemistry, material science, biology and medicine, semiconductor industry, and sensors.

Since 2008 the International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy (IWIS) has been established as a forum for specialists to present their peer-reviewed research results in different fields of applications of Impedance Spectroscopy and to share experiences with other attendees coming from all over the world.

The IWIS goes in 2022 (presumably as an in-presence event) with the following contents:

• Advanced School on Impedance Spectroscopy (ASIS)
• Exchange with top scientists all around the world and star speakers
• Workshops and active discussion on cutting edge topics
• An advisory session for special issues in international journals
• A hackathon for innovative ideas around measurement and instrumentation

The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Technische Universität Chemnitz is organizing the workshop in cooperation with the German Chapter of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the IEEE Technical Committee TC2-Impedance Spectroscopy.

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With the rapid growth of medical imaging techniques, remote diagnosis methods and medical monitoring solutions, smart E-health has become an important subject in almost every aspect of our lives. Smart E-health systems are wide-spread in the modern medical field. These systems use a variety of biomedical signals including Electromyography (EMG), Force Myography (FMG), Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), Surface Electrical Impedance Myography (SEIM) and others for a number of different applications. The main focus of E-health is to create a modern and real-time health care system with cheaper, faster and more effective solutions for disease diagnosis, leading to healthier individuals living in healthier communities.

Within the framework of the project “International School on Smart E-health” funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and running in collaboration between the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology (MST) at Chemnitz University of Technology and Jordan University of Science & Technology (JUST) in Jordan, the MST is organizing an international school on smart E-health solutions and their applications. 

The “Smart E-health School” is a one-week school with intensive lectures and highly recognized experts in the field of bio-medicine and medical sensors technologies. From the 23rd of September to the 28th of September 2021, a complementary training (theoretical and practical) is organized to provide the opportunity for young researchers and students to gain new insights into this relatively new and highly relevant topic, and to get in contact with recent advances in the field and to keep in touch with industry trends.  

International experts will offer an intensive knowledge transfer for the participants in the field of smart health solutions with topics such as: body attached sensors in the E-health field, artificial intelligence in the biomedical field, IoT applications for biomedical field and smart solutions for medical imaging techniques.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to compete in a Smart E-health hackathon, where the participants have the opportunity to deal with applied research and elaborate innovative ideas for specific problems in the E-health field. It also presents a great chance for networking and meeting multidisciplinary scientists and experts.

The school is hybrid, open, and free of charge.

Impedance Spectroscopy is an important measurement method in many applications fields such as electrochemistry, material science, biology and medicine, semiconductor industry, and sensors.

Since 2008 the International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy (IWIS) has been established as a forum for specialists to present their peer-reviewed research results in different fields of applications of Impedance Spectroscopy and to share experiences with other attendees coming from all over the world.

The IWIS goes in 2021 online with the following contents:

• Advanced School on Impedance Spectroscopy (ASIS)
• Exchange with top scientists all around the world and star speakers
• Workshops and active discussion on cutting edge topics
• An advisory session for special issues in international journals
• A hackathon for innovative ideas around measurement and instrumentation

The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Technische Universität Chemnitz is organizing the workshop in cooperation with the German Chapter of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the IEEE Technical Committee TC2-Impedance Spectroscopy.

Info & Registration: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/etit/messtech/iwis/

Photo: Light-independent gesture recognition based on capacitive polymer sensors. Graphic: Professorship Measurement and Sensor Technology

The 13th. “International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy” (IWIS) will be held this year on 3. and 4. December 2020 held digitally. More than 90 participants from 20 countries will meet to exchange information on the fundamentals and fields of application of impedance-based measurement techniques, according to the organizer, Prof. Dr. Olfa Kanoun, holder of the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at the Chemnitz University of Technology. The focus is on bioimpedance analysis and electrochemical measurement methods. This year’s plenary speakers underscore these priorities: In the field of bioimpedance analysis, Dr. Seward Rutkove (Harvard Medical School, USA) and Dr. Vincent Senez (Lille Institute for Cancer Research, France) will complement the regular lecture program. The plenary lecture by Dr. Masayuki Itagaki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) introduces the focus on electrochemistry.

According to Kanoun, workshops on topics related to impedance spectroscopy will be organized as panel discussions as a special highlight and to stimulate discussion. There will be three specialized workshops on “Secrets of electrochemistry”, “Battery in the first life cycle and beyond” and “The secrets of the human body: Give bioimpedance”. In addition, a workshop will be offered by the DAAD project “Generic Platform for the Design of Bioimpedance Spectrometer BISMON”. In the scientific program on 4. December a session on gesture recognition about activities in the Collaborative Research Center “Hybrid Societies” (SFB 1410) of the TU Chemnitz.

The conference program will open with the Advanced School on Impedance Spectroscopy (ASIS) on 2. December, which provides opportunities for further training for young scientists. The rich tutorials provide a good introduction to the fundamentals, theory and application of impedance spectroscopy.

Commenting on the shift from analog format to web conferencing, Kanoun said: “Despite the pandemic, we want to continue the exchange in the field of impedance spectroscopy in the same way. Many of our long-time participants encouraged us to do so, so we decided not to skip the workshop this year. During planning, it became apparent that the digital format actually offered advantages. This year we were able to attract top-class speakers who previously found it difficult to attend due to the long travel times and high costs. We have become even more creative and have prepared a special conference format with dedicated components for exchange and with discussion panels, which we will continue in the future. I am confident that we will succeed in maintaining or even topping the high-quality standard of IWIS in this format as well.”

Further information: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/etit/messtech/iwis/

The International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices 2020 is a forum for researchers and specialists in different fields of electrical engineering departments from leading research centers and universities around the world to present their research results and to share experiences with other attendees. The SSD 2020 was held from the July 20 – 23, 2020 in Sfax, Tunisia. The SSD international multi-conference is indexed in Scopus with an H-index of 21 (21 papers cited more than 21 times) and in several other databases. The SSD conference has a history of 20 years of experience in which more than 2000 papers have been published in the IEEExplore.

The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Technische Universität Chemnitz is part of the SSD organization team and under the leadership of Prof. Olfa Kanoun has participated with several contributions.

The discussions with international universities is one of the key points of knowledge exchange. In December 2019, Prof. Olfa Kanoun and her team had an intensive meeting with international colleagues. Various discussions about academic methods, education and research opportunities were held.

Within the Sousse-Chemnitz Cooperation for Higher Education, the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Technische Universität Chemnitz, welcomed Tunisian partners from the National Engineering School of Sousse (ENISo), the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), the Higher Institue of Applied Science and Technology of Sousse (ISSATS) and the Higher Institute of Informatics and Media of Sfax (ISIMS).

IoT workshop led by Prof. Mohammed Salameh Ibbini and Prof. Olfa Kanoun within the cooperation program between the Jordan University of Science and Technology and the Chemnitz University of Technology funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). An Example of a working project that is a win-win where the two universities are gaining and students are getting skills and real competencies. Result of ten scholarships, two doctorate students, many stagnates and publications. Now workshops are continuing virtually as opposed to face-to-face hoping to resume once the pandemic is behind us.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most emerging topics in the technology sector, which enables connect different types of physical devices around the world to the internet. IoT is generally known as the network of things, which refers to devices or sensors responsible for sensing and communicating collected data from the application field. The IoT is based on monitoring and remote control for the most basic, predictive analysis and collaborative approaches for complex applications, where sensors present the key feature for extracting and quantifying gathered data. The collected data makes it possible to make better decisions faster, highlighting the important role of sensors in decision-making logic.

The Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Technische Universität Chemnitz organizes the International Winter School on Internet of Things in cooperation with the German Chapter of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.